David S Harvey

“Sometimes it occurs to me that I am a member of the first generation of followers of Yahweh in six thousand years for whom the offering of daily fixed-hour worship and praise and prayer—a tradition practiced and treasured and passed down to us from the Hebrews to the apostles to the early Christians to the fathers and mothers of the faith who sustained this Church we now call home—is no longer deemed a necessity or an obligation or a duty or even an opportunity.”
― Robert Benson, In Constant Prayer

“One senses that we are poised here on a fulcrum, that a standing or falling point has been reached, that somehow being a disciple of Jesus is intimately tied up with how one stands in regard to the Eucharist. In response to Jesus’ question, Peter, as is often the case in the Gospels, spoke for the group: “Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know that you are the Holy One of God” (John 6:68–69).”
― Robert Barron, This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival

“He was white, so his word was the gospel. Nothing in this world happens unless white folks says it happens. The lies they tell each other sound better to them than the truth does when it comes out of our mouths.”
― James McBride, Deacon King Kong

“Aquinas responded, “Non nisi te, Domine” (Nothing but you, Lord).”
― Robert Barron, This is My Body: A Call to Eucharistic Revival